Reuters: Moscow is ready in principle to resume trilateral peace talks with the US and Ukraine in November, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushkov said following Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with US envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg. Ushakov said the proposed negotiations, possibly in the first ten days of November, would focus on establishing post-war security guarantees for both Russia and Ukraine. No tripartite talks have taken place since February. Putin also presented Witkoff with Moscow's assessment of the battlefield, claiming that the initiative along the front line was "all with Russian troops." The discussions also dealt with proposals for a settlement and the possibility of restoring economic cooperation between Russia and the USA.

Reuters: Moscow is ready in principle to resume trilateral peace talks with the US and Ukraine in November, Kremlin aide Yuri Ushkov said following Russian President Vladimir Putin's meeting with US envoy Steve Witkoff in St. Petersburg. Ushakov said the proposed negotiations, possibly in the first ten days of November, would focus on establishing post-war security guarantees for both Russia and Ukraine. No tripartite talks have taken place since February. Putin also presented Witkoff with Moscow's assessment of the battlefield, claiming that the initiative along the front line was "all with Russian troops." The discussions also dealt with proposals for a settlement and the possibility of restoring economic cooperation between Russia and the USA.